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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1939

Page

5

Unemployment And Relief Loom As Congress Ends Year

Washington December 28. Congress faces a final session with unemployment and relief as major issues. Roosevelt proposals include modest hospital aid and possible tweaks to social security. Budget hints suggest relief funding may be capped for the coming year, while calls grow for shifting relief control to states and broader old age pension coverage.

Washington Roosevelt Congress California Ohio Wagner Col. F. Harrington Works Projects Woodrum Cress Rep Coffee D-Wash House United States Chamber of Commerce WPA The American Medical Association DNY

Middletown VA Christmas Guests At Local Homes

Middletown Virginia sees a string of Christmas visitors and holiday stays. Herbert Lagrick of Washington D C visits his sister and brother in law the Owings at their home with other guests including Harry Everly Lynwood Everly and Albert Smith. Familiar names from Baltimore Winchester Hyattsville and Washington gather at various households for the season.

Middletown Herbert Lagrick Washington, D. C Howard Owings W. A. Everly Harry Everly Washington Lynwood Everly Winchester Albert Smith Baltimore Mark Sperry Kline Vaucluse Gordon Keith William Weirich Hyattsville Md Frank Weirich Weirich Maryland da- Led Manuel Bessie McNeer Wayside Inn William Hallford Fred Kline David Muntzing J. E. Legge Alvin Thomas Amye Clark Warrenton George Clark Ed Rogers

No Place Like Jail in Omaha Splits on Pension

William T. Mahoney, 68, told Central Police that he was cold and was booked for vagrancy and slept in a warm cell. The next day the judge dismissed the charge but Mahoney asked to stay five days until his old age pension check arrives and the judge granted the request.

Omaha, Neb William T. Mahoney Central Police Station Mahoney

Skeleton 4000 Year Old Found In Dumbartonshire Pit

A coffin containing a man's skeleton, unearthed by workmen in a Dumbartonshire sand pit, is estimated by archaeologist Ludovic Mann to be at least 4000 years old. He says the discovery will greatly advance knowledge of the stone age and notes a carved inscription on a large stone slab showing standard linear measures tied to religious beliefs.

London Ludovic Mann Dumbartonshire Mann

Scientists Puzzled Over Mystery Fossil In Pennsylvania

In Shamokin Pennsylvania Walborn found a mysterious 8 by 8 inch rock with carbonaceous plant impressions. Scientists at the 20th anniversary Survey Bureau meeting could not identify or classify the fossil.

Shamokin Walborn Survey Bureau Department of Internal Affairs

Illiteracy Rate in the Soviet Union

Illiteracy in the Soviet Union is estimated at approximately 20 percent. The remark notes the level of illiteracy among the population in Russia and the broader USSR context.

Russia W. E

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